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WhereTF were you DLD? We had discussions about your absence here. Like Trump can't do without his twitter, people can't do without your posts

Originally Posted by DLD

Can I make a prediction? Can I? May I? Come on, I logged in for the first time in a year and a half just for this.

So, here it goes. Two cameras, as mentioned by Canon Rumors.

C100 MKIII. $3,500, essentially C200 without CRL. I debate with myself on the codec (I always lose those debates). I'd say, 75% probability, it's going to be 8-bit 100 Mbps H264/MP4, with the 25% of it being 10-bit H-264 or H265 at 150-200 rate equivalency (as shown with the C-200, the far improved processing power makes H-264 good enough for the run&gun and baked-in interview/corporate shooting)

C500 MKII - (in two versions) - with the s35 sensor from C700 for ~ $15,000 and, with the FF sensor from C700FF, for $20,000. EF mounts. Canon Raw Lite on the lower priced unit (CFast 2.0 cards) and full Raw in various compression ratios on the CFexpress cards.

My third prediction is that my my first two will be wrong.

My fourth is Rams over Patriots in the Superbowl. I'll log in later to see how that one came out.

I think FCPX and Motion is a pretty slick combo for today's fast pace. I would consider Motion to have one of the lowest thresholds for getting up to speed with basic graphics work. But I'm not sure that means it's very intuitive. After Effects has been the de facto standard for a long time and Motion works a little bit differently (still, many similarities too).

I would recommend any Apple user to try to get over that first little hump with Motion. Motions ready-to-go behaviours make it relatively easy to create animation and adjust it. A good way might be to visit any of the sites that sell 'lower thirds' and 'titles' and find something that doesn't look too intimidating and then try to recreate it in Motion, or wherever. That takes the whole "creativity problem" out of the equation.

That said, since starting out with Resolve on the side with version... hmm.. 11 I think it was, I now find that I don't open FCPX for long periods of time. BMD just keeps updating and expanding Resolve and they've promised another MAJOR release for NAB. Considering how easy it is to move from editing to compositing in Fusion to the color page... well, time invested in learning Resolve certainly must be time well spent.